I personally suspect that Mikulski's and other "liberal" politicians' reticience about speaking out against the war has more to do with overblown worry about being labeled as "not supporting the troops" (and political "donations" from defense contractors) than with their true feelings.

That said, I'm curious as to why (1) it's Mikulski who is singled out in this attack, given that other Maryland politicians have been equally reticient about the war and some of them are running for office in 2006 (ie, Cardin), and (2) why every article that is written by Bill Hughes has an attack on Israel as either the main text or as an awkwardly constructed aside.